And The 15 Finalists For CUES’ Next Top Credit Union Exec Are…

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Public voting has ended and CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec (NTCUE) has announced its Top 15 applicants for 2017.

The NTCUE competition–held in partnership with DDJ Myers and powered by Currency–searches for emerging leaders age 35 and under from within the credit union community.

“We were pleased to have had 210 worthy young credit union leaders nominated for this, our eighth year of competition. Of those nominated, nineteen applied by submitting an entry video,” said John Pembroke, CUES’ president/CEO, in a statement. “After putting the 19 applicants to a public vote, we were delighted to see the votes flood in; we had well over 2,500 votes this year.”

The top 10 vote-getters automatically advanced to the Top 15 phase, and five additional applicants were chosen by a special judging panel of former NTCUE finalists to round out the Top 15.

Named to the Top 15 in the CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec competition are:

  • Michael Bishop, 35, Vice President-Branch Experience, Salal Credit Union, Seattle
  • Daniel Bradshaw, 35, Business Development Officer, Marion Community Credit Union, Marion, Ohio
  • Geoff Bullock, 33, Financial Education Specialist, Firefly Credit Union, Burnsville, Minn.
  • Sandra Cano, 33, AVP Community Development, Navigant Credit Union, Smithfield, R.I.
  • Derek Fuzzell, 31, Vice President-Finance, Northwest FCU, Herndon, Va.
  • Josh Gelser, 31, Strategic Project Manager, DuPont Community Credit Union, Waynesboro, Va.
  • Jonathan LaBarge, 31, Assistant Branch Manager, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
  • Daniel Marquez, 26, Member Services Supervisor/Fundraising Coordinator, LINCONE FCU, Lincoln, Neb.
  • Brandon McAdams, 34, VP, Marketing and Product Development, Coastal Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C.
  • Lindsey McMillen, 32, Business Systems Analyst, Y-12 Federal Credit Union, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
  • Amanda Munier, 32, VP of Accounting and IT, White Crown FCU, Denver
  • Crystal Rocchio, 34, Assistant Manager, Long Reach FCU, Middlebourne, W.V.
  • Kandi Thiry, 34, Branch Manager, PCM Credit Union, Green Bay, Wis.
  • Jessica Vartanian, 34, VP Project Implementation and Impact, Red Rocks CU, Littleton, Colo.
  • Taylor Yezek, 26, Corporate Communications Coordinator, Collins Community Credit Union, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

CUES said the Top 15 will now submit a blog post update about their project to NextTopCreditUnionExec.com (www.ntcue.com). To provide additional value to the competition experience, they’ll each receive an executive coaching session from DDJ Myers, a Silver CUESolutions provider, for their succession planning, executive recruitment and leadership coaching services. A judging panel of two CUES members and Deedee Myers of DDJ Myers will then score the Top 15’s applications and blog posts, narrowing the competition to the Final Five, who will move on to the finals.

The five Finalists will receive additional coaching, airfare, accommodation and registration to CUES’ CEO/Executive Team Network (www.cues.org/cnet), Oct. 10-12 in Las Vegas, where they will give their final presentations. The winner will receive further coaching, airfare, accommodations and registration for two CUES’ CEO Institutes, a total prize package valued at $20,000.

CUES Next Top Credit Union Exec Team